English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Complete the following equation:

\[\ce{CH3COOH + C2H5OH ->[Conc{.} H2SO4]}\]

What happens when propanoic acid is warmed with methanol in the presence of a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid? Write equation of the reaction involved.

How would you convert:

Propanol into propanoic acid.

Name the process in the given case and write the equations of the reactions involved.

How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid on the basis of a chemical property?

What type of compound is formed when a carboxylic acid reacts with an alcohol in the presence of conc. H₂SO₄?

What will you observe when dilute ethanoic acid and dilute hydrochloric acid are put on universal indicator paper, one by one? What does it show?

What type of compound is CH₃COOH?

What is the physical state of CH₃COOH?

Choose those compounds from the following which can turn blue litmus solution red:

HCHO, CH₃COOH, CH₃OH, C₂H₅OH, HCOOH, CH₃CHO

Give reasons for your choice.

What happens when ethanoic acid reacts with sodium carbonate? Write chemical equation of the reaction involved.

What is an oxidising agent? 

Name two oxidising agents which can oxidise ethanol to ethanoic acid.

Describe one reaction of a carboxylic acid.

How does ethanoic acid react with sodium hydrogen carbonate? Give equation of the reaction which takes place.

How is ethanoic acid obtained from ethanol? Write down the chemical equation of the reaction involved.